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LA CROSSE, WIS. 

SKETCH BOOK fOMPANY, PUBLISHERS. 

1874. 



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OF CHIPPEWA FALLS. 

CAPITAL - '-"$75,000. 00. 

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Bird's Ej'e View of (.'hippewa Falls, ( Engraving) It 

A Glimpse of Chippewa Falls Editvr^ If" 

Business Director}' 1 ; 

General Business Directory, alphabeiicallj arranged, 11 

Along with Him to Glory, (a poem,) HdUt Frcm-Ii, 1 

Growth of Religion at Chippewa Falls 1 • 

Life in a Country Printing Office 12i 

Schools of Chippewa Falls 13 

Chippewa Falls,— Historical Sketch An Old Settler, li 

Lines to a Friend Bonnibel, 14' 

Keep Your Word Bella French. 14f 

New Productions J J. J. 15.. 

Gems of Thought 15i 

The Eflects of Spirits, ( Engraving.) 15- 



D. E. SEYMOUR, Banker. 

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EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN. 
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CSITFIE^EIVT"^^ IFJ^IiX-S, "WIS- 
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PERHAPS there is no time that one can so fully appreciate natu- 
ral beauties — that is, the beauties of earth and sky — as after- 
having been deprived of them for a long period. It had been the 
mis;fortune of the Sketch Book editor to be sick, afar from home, 
in a gloomy room at a hotel, for nearly three months previous to her 
visit to Chippewa Falls ; and as soon as she could leave her bed she 
made a journey to the enterprising little city, which bears this name ; 
and she may be over partial to the place on account of its greeting 
her vision so soon after her illness. Be this as it may, it is certain 
that she never drank in the^pure air and sunlight with greater enjoy- 
ment, or experienced more delight in viewing sublime scenery. 
Added to this was a marked improvement in her health after the 
weariness of the journey was over, which only served to heighten the 
attractions. It was in the evening that the journey was taken, and when 
the noble bridge, which spans the Chippewa river at that point, was 
reached, the full autumn moon, that had made only an hour's travel 
from the horizon toward the zenith, sent its rays aslant the earth 
and water, forming a picture, indescribably grand. The falls of the 
Chippewa are just above the bridge. The waters came roaring down, 
catching, and widening, and lengthening the moonbeams, then danced 
away in white-capped waves, that glistened and sparkled, till sud- 
denly lost among the shadows and replaced by others just as varied 
and beautiful. It is worth a day's travel to view the falls of the 
Chippewa by moonlight. 

The city is situated on the west bank of the Chippewa, on a suc- 
cession of low hills, rising gradually backward from the river. It is 
twelve miles north of the West Wisconsin Railroad, connected with Eau 
Claire by the Chippewa Valley Railroad, now in progress of construc- 
tion. It is noted for the immense water power, there being a fall of 
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108 Affierican Shetcli Book. 

some twenty-six feet in three-fourths of a mile, over a rocky bottom ; 
also for being the heart of the valuable lumber business of Chippewa 
Valley. The county has an area of 2,580,480 acres, 1,580,480 of 
which are heavily timbered with pine, oak and maple. The soil of 
the country is fertile, and living streams of water are in abundance. 
Duncan Creek runs through the city and furnishes several fine water 
powers, principal among which are the flouring mills, belonging to 
Edward Allen, where one of the best brands of flour in the State is 
manufactured. A fine view of the city maybe obtained from the 
Catholic Church. This edifice is reached by a series of steps, ascend- 
ing through a side-hill grove of magnificent pines to a level table-land, 
lying on the north bank of Duncan Creek. In the warm October 
sunlight, so enjoyable in this part of the country, the Sketch Book 
editor, still too weak for much exertion, climbed this picturesque hill- 
side. The hectic flush Avas on the face of creation and told too plainly 
that the beautiful summer was dying, — the summer from whose glories 
she had been shut, knowing nothing of it but its heat. How could 
she let it go, now that she might enjoy it ? She asked herself the 
question, while she reached out her hands that the golden spangles 
of sunlight might fall on them, never before fully realizing how beau- 
tiful the sunlight is. Below her lay the city, gleaming in that same 
sunlight. The saw mills snorted and puff'ed, telling of the work within; 
and busy life was every where apparent. Prominent among the 
buildings viewed from this point are the new court house, the two new 
hotels, the Union Lumber Company's store and the First National 
Bank building. The latter is one of the best for its purpose in North- 
ern Wisconsin. The interior has much the appearance of the banks 
in our large cities, and one is surprised to see elegant walnut counters 
with plate-glass and all the convenient appliances for bankers' use. 
The building was erected in 1873 at a cost of about $12 000. It is 
lighted with gas, and has the most approved fire and burglar-proof 
vaults and safes, and is altogether a decided credit to the young and 
growing city. Thos. L. Halbert, Esq., is the President of the First 
National Bank; H. S. Allen, the Vice President; and V. W. Bayless, 
the Cashier. Chippewa Falls has likewise another bank — D. E. 
Seymour's, which, we believe, was the first one opened in the place. 
The Union Lumber Company is by far the largest business firm in 
the city. In order to^give the readers of the "Sketch Book" an 
insight into the business of this clock-work institution, we can not do 
better than to quote fi'om the " Wisconsin Lumberman " which says : 



A GUnipse of Chipjyewa Falls. 109 

Nowhere in the west canwe find abetter specimen of enterprise, 
perseverance and indomitable pluck than in the officers of the Union 
Lumbering Company of Chippewa Falls. We find three young men, 
fourteen years ago, taking hold of a vast mill, and making it one of the 
most successful lumbering companies in the United States. With the 
rise of the mill, so rose the town ; from a small village it has grown into 
a city of five thousand inhabitants, with a moral and refined people, 
good schools, numbers of churches, noble looking business blocks and 
palatial residences. To the officers of the Union Lumbering Company 
the thanks of the citizens of the entire county are due for their 
unceasing efforts in making Chippewa Falls what it is to-day. A 
description of the mammoth store and mill of the company may be of 
interest to our readers, with a slight history of the rise and progress 
of the same. 

In 1860 the Union Lumbering Company's mill was purchased from 
the United States Marshal by Messrs. Pound, Halbert & Co. These 
gentlemen were not possessed of a vast amount of capital, but had 
what is in many instances far better : — a large amount of business tact 
and perseverance. They went to Avork with a strong determination 
to succeed ; how well they have done this it is useless for us to state,' 
for the Union Lumbering Company is known all over as one of the 
largest and most successful mills in the country. 

When a person enters the company's mill for the first time, he is 
struck with the magnitude of the business that is being carried on. 
Here you see three hundred men working, each man at his post, 
everything, in connection with the vast machinery, running with clock- 
work precision. The size of the mill is 180x200 feet, including the 
rafting shed. The first lloor is devoted to the waterworks ; the second 
floor is used as a rafting and machinery floor ; the third is used for 
the cutting of lumber. On the third floor the active work is done. 
Here you find the different kinds of saws in full operation. There are 
two " Live gangs," one "Flat gang " and one " Yankee gang ;" one 
"Muly," three rotarys, six edgers, twelve butters, three lath saws, 
one picket saw and one shingle mill. In the diff'erent gangs there are 
ninety saws in constant motion. 

In twenty-five days in the month of June, 1873, the average amount 
of lumber cut daily was 325,000 feet ; lath, shingles and pickets in 
proportion, making fojr the month 8,125,000 feet of lumber, which is 
the greatest amount of lumber cut in one single month by any one 
mill in the Chippewa valley under one roof. The firm has cut forty- 
two millions feet of lumber this year, about fifteen millions shingles 
and twelve millions of lath. On the ground, adjoining the mill, is a 
large blacksmith shop, a machine shop and a wood turning shop. In 
three different shops all the repairs are made lo the machinery, when 
necessity requires it. The company own eighty thousand acres of 
pine lands, seventy-five thousand of which are uncut pine. The capital 
stock is fifteen hundred thousand dollars. From 1860 to 1868 the 



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firm was Pound, Halbert & Co, at which time they organized as the 
Union Lumbering Company, with the following ofiicejs : Thaddeus C. 
Pound, President ; D. M. Peck, Vice-President ; Albert E, Pound, 
Secretary ; by which name it has continued up to the present time. 
The company has recently purchased a yard at Muscatine, Iowa, 
where they intend making their depot for lumber, besides doing 
business along the river cities. On the pay rolls of this company 
there are over five hundred men. The cutting, sawing and rafting are 
all let by contract. The mill is in charge of A. K. Shaw, who has 
had the contract for three years for sawing the lumber. 

The store, which is one of the finest in the state, and the finest and 
best arranged in this part of the country, was built in 18G9, is three 
stories high, one hundred feet deep, by sixty feet wide, heated by fur- 
naces and lighted with gas, and is devoted to the sales of general 
merchandise. Last year the sales amounted to four hundred thousand 
dollars. Each class of goods has a separate department. Thirty-two 
men are employed in and about the store. One is inclined to think he is 
in one of the mammoth dry goods houses of the metropolis, when he 
enters the store of the Union Lumbering Company. The basement is 
used for the storage of heavy groceries. The east side of the main 
building is the dry goods department, where the lailies make their 
tours to inspect the large and costly stock of goods that are constantly 
arriving. Mr. M. M. DeLano, the gentleman who has the entire charge 
of the buying ef the goods, is fully alive to the exigencies of the 
times, and is always on the alert to keep the shelves of the store filled 
with the latest novelties. On the counters are handsome and costly 
show cases, which contain toilet articles, fancy goods, jewelry and 
perfumery. The west end of the store is devoted to the sale of gro- 
ceries and hardware ; a full line of ladies' and gentlemen's boots and 
shoes are kept in stock. Ascending a handsome stairway, you turn to 
the left where a well selected stock of ready made clothing is kept. 
The merchant tailoring is a large feature of this institution. The 
cutting is under the charge of one of the most experienced tailors of 
the State. On the left end of the stairway you find a large stock of 
carpets, oil cloths and matting. On tliis floor there are suits of rooms 
intended for private offices, etc. A large elevator carries all the 
goods up to the third floor, where they are unpacked, marked and 
sent to the diff"erent departments below. The rest of the thiid floor 
is used as a store room, which is completely filled from floor to ceiling 
with goods. 

The " Lumberman " has omitted to notice the general business 
office of the company, which is a very important feature of the insti- 
tution. It is a large and commodious room, say twenty feet by sixty 
feet, and divided into three apartments : one as private office of the 
Secretary, Mr. A. E. Pound ; another, an adj ining room, for the 
employes coming to make settlements and receive their pay, and the 



A Glimpse of Chippewa Falls. Ill 

larger room for the book-keepers ; the latter being a room within a 
room, or an enclosure made by the long writing desks in the form of 
a hollow square, where the head book-keeper, Mr. Thomas C. Rogers, 
and his three assistants, do the writing and book-keeping of the com- 
pany. In connection with this is a large fire and burglar proof vault, 
to receive the records and documents, necessarily no small item in a 
business of such large proportions. 

The store, with its numerous departments; its gentlemanly cashier, 
Mr. H. H. Todd; its clerks and check boys, is one of which any city 
might be proud, and is certainly appreciated by the people of Chip- 
pewa Falls. 

The Stanley Brothers have also a large brick store, well filled with 
various kinds of goods, but the proprietors being away from home at 
the time of our visit, we were unable to make a tour of inspection. 

The new court house occupies a very sightly place, and is an 
attractive edifice. Its dimensions we are unable to give. 

The two new hotels are both large and centrally situated. We can 
speak of the accommodations of only one, tne Central House. Here 
everything is in perfect order ; here are landlords and landladies who 
know how to make their guests feel at home ; here too, is a marvel : 
a clerk who knows his business and attends . to it- Some humorist, 
speaking of a hotel clerk, once remarked, that after said clerk had 
looked at him five seconds, he could not swear whether he belonged to 
the clerk or to himself. Mr. Harding does not so impress visitors. 

There are many other large firms and fine buildings in the city, but 
other parties, better prepared and better able, are engaged in writing 
the history and description of Chippewa Falls, and we will not tres- 
pass on their provinces farther than we have already done, by noting 
these particularly. Our brief stay and limited knowledge would 
allow us, even at best, to give but a glimpse of this remarkable young 
city — a rising star in the great west. 






City Officers. 

ALBERT E. POUND, Mayor. 

Wm. p. swift, Police Justice. 

PETER BERGEVINE, City Treasurer. 

JNO. P. MITCHELL, City Clerk. 

JOSEPH COTA, Chief of Police. 

HOLLON RICHARDSON, City Attorney. 

ALEX. McBEAN, City Physician. 

A. E. POUND, "1 

JACOB LINENKUGEL, [ 

AMBROSE HOFFMAN, } Board of Education. 

DANIEL E. SEYMOUR, I 

ALEX. McBEAN, J 

ALDER3IEiy. 
FIRST WARD. SECOND WARD. 

THOS. J. KILEY. E. LE DUC. 

CHAS. G. ERMATINGER. AMOS S. STILES. 

G. VAILAINCOURT. J, W. HOWIESON, 

FIRE DEPA R TMElS T. 
J. A. BATE, Chief Engineer. 

A. J. BATE, Chief, J. A. Taylor, No. 1. 

B. HIMMELSBACH, Chief Hook and Ladder Company. 

JUSTICES hF THE PEACE. 
JNO. F. HALL. M. C. GANNON. 



Business Directory. 118 

County Officers. 

JNO. J. JENKINS, County Judge. 

PETER TRONSON, Sheriff. 

PAUL GUYON, Under Sheriff. 

ISAAC B. TAFT, Clerk of Circuit Court. 

HOLLON RICHARDSON, District Attorney. 

HECTOR C. McRAE, County Treasurer. 

LEVI F. MARTIN, County Clerk. 

W. W. CRANDALL, Register of Deeds. 

MYRON P. LUND, County Surveyor. 

J. A. BATE, County Superintendent of Schools. 

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 

D. C. SWAN, Chairman, Chippewa Falls. 

B. HIMMELSBACH, Chippewa Falls. 

Wm. HENNEMAN, Eagle Point. 

L. VON ESCHEN, Auburn. 

V. E. SMITH, Bloome. 

E.B. CRAFT, Wheaton. 

J. A. BRAINARD, Anson. 

ROBERT MARRINER, Sigel. 

H. C. CHUBB, Edson. 

W. P. FITCH, La Fayette. 



Professional Men. 

PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. 

Alex. McBean. Joseph Fortier. George Riddel). 

S. S. Riddell. I. C. Woodford. F. A. Reckard. 

Jno. A. McDonald. 

DENTISTS. 
J. Green. B. Gardiner. 

ATTORNEYS. 
C. J, Wiltse. P. H. Foster. J. M. Bingham. 

J. J. Jenkins. N. W. Wheeler. R. D. Marshall. 

J. S. Carr. Hollon Richardson. Arthur Gough. 

C. D. Tillinghast. 



114 American Sketch Book. 

CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS. 
A. P. Dahl, J. Pumpelly. J. A. Bate. 



Business Firms. 

L UMBER 3IA3J UFA CTURERS. 

Union Lumbering Company, Chippewa Falls. 
French Lumbering Company, Chippewa Falls. 
Aug. Hujssen & Co., La Fayette. 
Jno. Barron k Co., La Fayette. 
Jno. Robson & Co., La Fayette. 
Wheaton Lumbering Company, Wheaton. 
Smith, Brooks & Macauley, Vanville. 
Stanley Bros., Chippewa Falls. 
Jackson Phillips, Jim s Falls. 
Jno. B. Haskins, Cadott Falls. 
Geo. McRoberts & Co., Drywood. 
H. C. Chubb, Edson. 

BANKS. 
First National Bank, Bridge street, 
D. E. Seymour, Central street. 

LOGGERS. 

Smith, Halbert & Co. Coliche Allen. E. Rutledge 

Le Boeuff & Sinnett. Alex. McLaren. David Caldwell. 

Malcolm Josie, Nick Weiler. John B. McDonald. 

John Morning Jos. Trepania. Peter Lego. 

PRINTING HOUSES. 
" Chippewa Herald " " Chippewa Falls Avalanche." 

HOTELS. 
Central House. Waterman House. Wisconsin House. 

Cardinal House. Union House. Eau Claire House. 

REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE, ETC. 
A. C. McRae, Real Estate, Court House. 
Ambrose Hoffman, Real Estate and Insurance, over First National 

Bank. 
L. D. Brewster, Real Estate and Insurance, Spring street. 
I. C. Kibbee, Insurance, Spring street. 



Business Directory- 115 

LIVERY. 

A. S. Stiles & Co., Livery, Stage and Express, Spring street, 
E. Flanders, Livery, Central street. 
Blair & Morse, Livery, Bay street. 

MANUFA CTURERiS. 
E. Allen, Flour and Grist Mill, Duncan street. 
Allen & Camming^, Planing, Sash, Doors, etc.. High street. 
McRae & Co., Planing, Sash, Doors, etc., High street. 
Duch, Dean k Co., Marble Works, Bridge street. 
C. Maillion, Wagon Maker, Bay street. 
Hoenig & Pannier, Wagon Makers, River street. 
W. B. McDonald, Wagon Maker, Duncan street. 
J. H. Langan, Marble Woiks, Bridge street. 
Wm. Murphy, Boots and Shoes, Bridge street. 
Ben. Curran, Boots and Shoes, Bay street. 
Gilbert Dumas, Boots and Shoes, Bridge street. 
0. Wangnild, Boots and Shoes, Central street. 
John Dunphy, Boat Builder, River street. 
Henry Laycock, Brick Maker, Central street. 
W. H. Stees, Pump Maker, River street. 
R. D. Whitmore, Harness Maker, Spring street. 
0. Vennette, Boots and Shoes, Spring street- 
S. M, Newton & Co., Flour and Grist Mill, Eagle Point. 
John Bender, Flour and Grist Mill, Eagle Point. 
Stanley Brothers, Flour and Grist Mill, Eagle Point 
Anderson & Cffisar, Harness Makers, Spring Street- 

GENERAL MER CHA NDISE. 
Union Lumber Co. corner Bridge French Lumbering Co. Bay street. 

and Spring streets. Bronsky & Dalton, Bridge street. 

Stanley Bros., Spring street. A. K. Fletcher, Bridge street. 
Glucksman& Poznanski, Spring st.E. Le Due, Central street. 
D. C. Swan, Spring street. Sheldon & Beauchene, Central st. 

L. H. Heller, Spring street. E. E. Wood, Bridge street. 

Thomas Phillips, Spring street Coliche Allen, Spring street. 
F( RXISHING GOODS. 
A. A. Cutter & Co., Spring street. 
DRUGGISTS. 
Goddard ui Co., Spring street. Dettloff k Beauchene, Bridge st. 

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116 Amer'ican Sketch Book. 

BOOIS AND SHOES. 
3- L . Le Roy, Spring street. 
GB C FRIES AXT) PR VISIONS. 
L. A. Hemenway, Spring street. Staurt Bros-, Bridge street. 

William Martin, Central street. 
ME J T MARKETS. 
Squires & Gothel, Spring st. C. B. Holt, Bridge street. 

John Dufect, Willow street- 
HARDWARE. 
Geo. Harding, Spring st Hesketh & Beaudette, Spring st 

FURNITURE. 
Geo. Harding, Spring st. A. B. Olmore, Bridge street. 

DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING. 
G. R. Nickej, Central Street. 
MER CHANT TA IL ORS. 
N. Johnston, Bridge street. Eugene Corrigeux, Bridge street. 

A- 0. Hauge, Central street. 

GENERAL MARKET. 
Halbert & Coleman, Spring street. 
BAKERIES. 

Fred. Maux, Bay street. B. S. Stevens, Bridge Street. 

L. A. Hemenway, Spring Street. 

PHOTO GRAPHERS. 

I. B. Gallaher, Spring street. W. E. Hook, Bridge Street. 

JEWELERS. 

J.Am. Eckern, Bridge street. Wm. Mercer, Spring street. 

G. Cffisar, Spring street. 

MILLINERS. 

Jennie Dunnigan, Bridge street. Mrs. H. V. Day, Bridge street. 

Mrs. L. G. Mills, Spring street. 

REAL ESTATE BROKERS. 

Ambrose Hoffman, Bridge street. L. D. Brewster, Bridge street. 

RESTA URANTS. 
C. K. Brown, Bridge street. J. La Mott, s;jpring street. 



business Directory. Ill 

BOOKS AND STATIONERY. 
A. B. Manahan, Spring street. 
FRUIT AND CONFECTIONAR Y. 
Raymond Bros., Bridge street. Henry Coleman, Spring street. 

WINES AND LIQUORS. 
M. A, Griffin, Spring street. 
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. 
H. B. Miller, Architect and Builder, Mill street. 
II. Laycock, Builder, Central street. 
M. J. Howard, Carpenter and Builder. 
Webster & Adams, Masons and Builders. 
John Cook, Carpenter and Builder, High street. 
William Erdman, Mason and Builder, Jefferson Avenue. 
Chris. Buckholz, Mason and Builder. 
David Ginder, Carpenter and Builder, Bridge street. 

BREWERS. 
Linenkugel & Miller, Spring Brewery, Jefferson Avenue. 
F. Schmidtmeyer, River street. 
Smith & Son, Spring street, 
Charles Billodeau, Ginger Ale and Pop, Central street. 

Churches. 

St. Mary's Church, (Catholic) Rev. C. F. X. Goldsmith, Allen st. 
Zion's Church, (Episcopalian) Rev. M. L. Kern, Bay street. 
Methodist Church, Rev. H. W. Bushnell, Island street. 
Presbyterian Church, Rev. D. W. Evans, Central street. 
German Lutheran Church, Mill street. 
Norwegian Lutheran Church, John street. 

Secret Organizations. 

Masonic Lodge, Spring street. Odd Fellow's Lodge, Spring street. 

Encampment, Spring street. Knights of Pythias, Spring street. 

Good Templars, Spring street. 

Schools. 

First Ward, T. J. Kiley, Principal, Allen street. 
Second Ward, E. S. Tilson, Principal, Bay street. 
MUSIC TEACHERS. 
W. Fox, Bridge street. May E. Boardman 



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General Business Directory, 

ALLEN, EDWARD, GRIST MILL, on Duncan Creek. 

Allen & Cummings, Planing Mill, High street. 

Allen, Chas., at Planing Mill. 

Allen, Coliche, Merchant. 

Anderson & Caesar, Harness Makers, Spring street. 

BINGHAM & JENKINS, Attorneys, over First National Bank. 

BATE, J. A., Civil Engineer and Surveyor ; residence, Central st. 

BREWSTER, L. D., Real Estate and Insurance Agency, Bridge st. 

BUSHNELL, REV. H. W., Island street. 

Barnett, E. D., Clerk, Seymour's Bank. 

Barnett, J. D., Book-keeper, Seymour's Bank. 

Bogue, A. R., Clerk, Harding's store. 

Bieg, J. F., Druggist with Goddard & Co. 

Bowler, M. L. & P., Barbers and Hair Dressers, Spring street. 

Buckwalter, D. H., Miller. 

Brown, C. K., Restaurant. 

Bronsky & Dalton, dealers in General Merchandise, 101 Bridge st. 

Bronsky, J. C, with Bronsky & Dalton. 

Bayless, V- W., Cashier First National Bank. 

Boardman, Mav E., Music Teacher. 

Bonneville & Giroux, Union House Proprietors, Spring street. 

Bernier, William, Shoemaker, Prairie street. 

Bilodeau, Frank, Shoemaker, Bay street. 

Bilodeau, Chas., Wisconsin House Proprietor. 

Bell, 0. E., Blacksmith and Wagon shop, High street. 

Baker, William, Surveyor. 

Buckholz, C, Mason and Builder. 

Bergevine, P., City Treasurer. 

Blair k Morse, Livery, Central street. 

CRANDALL, W. W., Register of Deeds. 

Cook John, Carpenter and Builder. 

Cutter, A. A. & Co., Furnishing Goods. 

Carpenter, I. A., Surveyor, Central street. 

Carr, J. S., Attorney, office opposite Seymour's Bank; residence, 

"Tanglewood," on Central street, 
Coleman, Henry, Fruit, etc.. Spring street. 
Coderre, Louis, Student at Law, with Arthur Gough, 



General Business Directory. 119 

Coesar, G., Jeweler, 29 Spring street. 

Cronk, Henrj, Agent for Singer's Sewing Machine, Bridge street. 

Clough, F. M., Salesman at Fletcher's. 

Coleman, H. B,, Book-keeper. 

Corrigeux, E., Merchant Tailor, Bridge street. 

Gary, T. M., Book-keeper, First National Bank. 

Cattelier, F., Carpenter. 

Cornell, John, Machinist's Apprentice. 

Cumerford, James, Clerk, Union Lumbering Company's Office. 

Curran, Ben., Shoemaker, Bay street. 

Curtis, W. E., Blacksmith. 

Cook, J. H., Tinsmith. 

Caldwell, David, Logger. 

DeLANO, M. M , Superintendent Store Department of Union Lum- 
bering Company. 

Dussault, T., Saloon Keeper, Central street. 

Duncan, John A., Dealer in Pine and Farming Lands, over First 
National Bank. 

Deutloff & Beauchene, Druggists, Bridge street. 

Dalton, W. T., with Bronsky & Dalton. 

Dundon, B., clerk with Bronsky & Dalton. 

Day, Mrs. H. V., Milliner, Bridge street. 

Dunnigan, Jennie, Milliner, Bridge street. 

Daily, J. P., Wagon Maker, Bridge street. 

Dumas, Gilbert, Shoemaker. 

Duch, Dean & Co.. Marble Works, Bridge street. 

Dunphy, John, Boat Builder, River street. 

Dufect, John, Butcher, Willow street. 

EVANS, REV. D. W., Central street. 
Echern, J. Am., Jeweler, Bridge street. 
Erdman, Wm., Mason, Jefferson Avenue. 
Ermatinger, C. S., Alderman, 

FLETCHER, A. K., General Merchandise, Bridge street. 

Foster, P. H,, Attorney, Central street. 

Flint, A. E., Student at Law- 

Flanders, N. M., Livery, corner Bay and Central streets. 

Fox, 0. W., Music Teacher. 

Fortier, Joseph, Physician, corner Bridge and Columbia streets. 

GARDINIER, DR. B., Dentist, Office corner Bridge and Central st. 



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GINTY, GEORGE C, Publisher " Chippewa Herald," Book and 

Job Printer. 
GOLDSMITH, REV- C. F. X., Allen street. 
GALLAHER, I. B., Photographer, Spring street. 
Gunderman, H. R. Assistant Postmaster. 
Goddard & Co., Chemists and Druggists, Spring street. 
Gough, Arthur, Attorney at Law, over Goddard's Drug Store. 
Green, Dr. J., Dentist. 

Glucksman & Poznanski, General Merchandise, Spring Street. 
Grossman, N., Tailor with Union Lumber Company. 
Grandmaitre, John, Saloon-keeper, Central street. 
Groezinger, M., Shoemaker. 
Gillmen, G. A., Lumberman. 

Ginder, Daniel, Carpenter and Builder, Bridge street, 
Guyon, Paul, Under Sheriflf. 
Griffin, M. A., Liquor Dealer, Spring street. 

HALBERT, THOMAS L., President First National Bank. 
HOFFMAN, AMBROSE, Abstract of Title and Real Estate Broker, 

Office over First National Bank. 
Harding, W. L , Clerk Central House. 

Harding, Geo., Hardware and Furniture, Spring street near P. 0. 
Halbert & Coleman, Meat Market. 

Hall, John F., Justice of the Peace, cor ner Spring and Pine streets. 
Halbert, H. J., Meat Market. 
Hill & Farrell, Wagon and Blacksmith Shop. 
Hauge, A. 0., Merchant Tailor. 
Hook, W. E., Photographer, Hook's Hall. 
Hesketh & Beaudette, Hardware Merchants. 
Hart, George, Tailor, Union Lumber Company. 
Harris, H., Book-keeper, Union Lumber Company. 
Hemenway, L. A., Dealer in Groceries and Provisions, Dining Hall 

and Bakery, Spring Street. 
Heller, L. H., General Merchandise. 
Howard, M. J., Carpenter. 

JENKINS, JOHN, County Judge. 

Jenkins, George P., Clerk with Stanley Brothers. 

Jackson, Robert, Millwright, Wolf Prairie, 

Josie, M., Logger. 

Johnson, N., Merchant Tailor, Bridge Street. 



General Business Directory. 121 

KERN, REV. M. L., Bay Street. 

Kibbee, I. C-, Insurance Agent. 

Kilej, T. J., Principal First Ward School. 

LASHWAY, L., Postmaster. 

Le Roy, J. L., Boots and Shoes. 

Lee, G. J., Clerk with Stanley Brothers. 

Langan, J. H , Marble Works, Bridge Street. 

Lange, Fred., Miller. 

Lafrance, Joseph, Mitchell Hall Proprietor. 

Lesage, F., Policeman 

Lockwood, A. J., Central street 

LaMott, J., Restaurant. 

Langly, L. B., with Union Lumbering Company. 

Luce, E. B., with Union Lumbering Company. 

Laycock, H., Builder, Central street. 

Linenkugel & Miller, Brewers, Jefferson Avenue. 

MARTIN, L. F., County Clerk, Court House. 
McRAE, H- C., County Treasurer. 

McRAE & CO , Planing Mill and Sash and Door Factory. 
McRae, Alex., Residence corner Bridge and Cedar streets. 
Mack, Charles M., Printer, "Herald" oiEce. 
McGilvray Brothers, Dealers in Pine Land, Central House. 
Mercer, William. Watchmaker, &c., Spring street. 
Martin, William, Grocer and Dealer in Confectionary. 
Martin, D., Clerk at C. Allen's store. 
Manahan, A. B., Book Store, Spring street. 
Mills, Mrs. L. G., Milliner, Spring street. 
Murray, Thomas, Clerk with Union Lumbering Company. 
McDonald, W- D , Wagon and Blacksmith Shop, Duncan Street. 
McMartin, P. D., Tinsmith. 
Mitchell, Crowley, & Co., Lumbermen. 
Murphy, William, Boots and Shoes, Bridge street. 
Maillion, C, Wagon Maker, Bay Street. 
Miller, H. B-, Architect, Mill street- 
Miller, Laury, Clerk, Union Lumbering Company. 
McDonald, John B , Logger. 
Morning, John, Logger. 
Marshall, R D., Attorney, Spring street. 

NEWTON k, CO , Grist Hill, Eagle Po^ot. 



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Nickey, G- 11-, Dry Goods and Clothing, Central street. 

Olmore, A- B., Furniture, Bridge street. 

POUND, A. E., Secretary Union Lumber Company. 

Pumpelly, John, Civil Engineer and Surveyor. 

Proudlock,W. C, Miller. 

Pierce & Upbam, Central House Proprietors. 

Peterson, 0., Tailor, Spring Street. 

Patnaude, N. B., Clerk at Fletcher's. 

RIDDELL, Geo. & S- S-, Physicians and Surgeons, opposite Sey- 
mour's Bank. 
Rogers, Thomas C-, Head Book-keeper with Union Lumbering Co. 
Raymond & Brother, Fruit and Confectionary store- 
Reid, R E., Book-keeper with Stanley Brothers. 
Rogers, George S-, with Stanley Brothers. 
Reading, R. C-, Lumberman with Union Lumbering Company. 
Robert, John, Carpenter and Joiner. 
Rowe, John H., Carpenter and Joiner. 
Rutledge, E., Logger. 

SEYiMOUR, D. E., Banker, Central street. 

STANLEY BROTHERS, Merchants and Manufacturers, Spring st 

Stiles & Co., Livery and Sale Stables, Express and Stage Line, 

Central Street- 
Squires & Gothel, Dealers in Fresh and Salt Meats. 
St. John, John W., Book-keeper with Union Lumbering Company, 
Swan, D. C-, General Store. 

Sheldon & Beauchene, General Merchandise, Central street. 
Smith, F. D., Machinist. 
Stees, F. R-, Machinist and Mill Wright. 
Stewart, G-, Grocery Store. 
Sullivan, Mrs,, Laundry, Bridge Street. 
Seydel, J. A., Book-keeper with Union Lumber Company. 
Stevens, B- S-, New England Bakery, Bridge street 
Smith & Son, Brewers, Spring street. 

TODD, H. H., Steamer Line Agent for Chippewa County, also 

Cashier for Union Lumbering Company. 
Tierney, Pat., Saloon Keeper. 
Trepania Joseph, Logger. 
Tilson, E. S., Principal Second Ward School. 



Along with Hiiti to Glortj. 123 

UNION LUMBERING COMPANY, Manufacturers of Lumber, and 
Dealers in Lumber and General Merchandise. THAD. C- 
POUND. President; D M- PECK, Vice President; A. E. 
POUND, Secretary. 

Vennette, 0., Shoemaker. 

WILTSE, 0. J.. Attorney and Counselor at Law, opposite Seymour's 

Bank. 
Whitmore, R. D. k Co., Dealers in Harness, Blankets, &c., ovei- 

Post Office. 
Wheeler & Marshall, Attorneys, corner Bay and Spring streets. 
Woodford, Dr. I. C, Spring street. 

Wadsworth, J. S., General Insurance Agent, Stanley's Block. 
Waterman & Sons, Waterman House. 
Wessel, Charles, Tinner. 

Wood, E. E., General Meichandise, Bridge street. 
Wagnild, 0. E., Shoemaker. 
Zasl, William, Barber, Bay street. 



^loi|g witl) Hiiii to G^loi^y. 



A newspaper speaking of the death of Albert D. Richardson, censures him in this wise: 
" Instead of crying 'Lord have mercy on me, a sinner,'' his last words {spoken to his bride) 
were: ^ I bear you with me, darling, on to glory. ^ " 

A ship was set with spirit sails, 

The life-tide out was flowing, 
All waiting till the Master's voice 

Announced the time of going. 

A poet's soul was heavenward bound — 

A poet's bride was weeping, 
Since 'twas so hard to give her love 

Into another's keeping. 
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124 A7nerican /Sketch Booh. 

What winds, and tides, and storms, and waves, 
Might rise, in wild commotion, 

And wreck the ship with spirit sails. 
When bound across Death's ocean ! 

Yet he cried not : " Oh ! mercy, Lord ! " 

But on his bride smiled sweetly, 
And said : " I know the Master's skill ; 

In Him I trust completely. 
" As I love you, so he loves me ; — 

'Tis love that brings us near Him. 
How can we love, and trust Him, too, 

And at the same time fear Him ? 

" Love is not fear ; Love is not wrath ; — 

The soul which either knoweth, 
Can never be the fountain head 

From which affection Howeth." 
His voice sank low, and as he spoke, 

The life-tide ebbed the faster, 
And one and all were waiting for 

The bidding of the Master. 
He whispered softly now. Oh ! words 

To live in mind and story : 
" I bear you with me, darling, mine — 

Along with me to glory ! " 
Then slowly went the ship to sea, 

Its white sails all a-glisten ; 
But not a sound came back to her 

Who knelt in grief to listen, 

Except the echo of the words 

He spoke at time of parting; 
Yet who could richer be than she 

Who watched the good ship's starting? 

Ah ! who beside the blessed soul 
That Heavenward could take her, — 

Trusting with perfect love and faith 
The goodness of the Maker ? 

0, how much grander such a soul 
Than one for mercy crying — 



Growth of Religion at Chippeiva Falls. 125 

Than one that doubts its God through life, 

And doubts Him still when dying. 
Some day a ship will put to sea. 

Earthward returning, never — 
Another soul a passenger. 

Bound for the great Forever. 
Perhaps life's summer will be gone. 

And autumn frosts be hoary, 
Yet may that faithful soul bear mine 

Along with him to glory ! — bella French. 



G^i'owtl) of f{eligioi| kt Cllippe^Ya i^kll^. 

TEE CATHOLIC SOCIETY. 

THE first religious society organized at Chippewa Falls, was the 
Catholic, The old church, a frame building, still standing and 
now used for school purposes, was built on a lot adjoining the court 
house square of the first registered plat of the village of Chippewa 
Falls. The lot was presented to the Catholic society in the year 1855 
by H. S. Allen, Esq., whose wife is a member of that society. The 
building, the first church edifice of any kind in the valley, v/as raised 
in the year 1856 ; but a storm blew it down, and it was not until the 
following year, 1857, that services were held therein. 

The few Catholics of the village were attended occasionally by the 
pioneer missionaries of the west, until the year 1850, when they ob- 
tained their first resident pastor, who attended about twelve counties, 
down to the Mississippi river, up to Lake Superior, a district in which 
seven priests now reside. 

In the year 1869, Rev. C. F. X. Goldsmith was appointed to take 
charge of the society at Chippewa Falls. He is represented as a 
young man of more than ordinary ability and energy. During his 
first year at Chippewa Falls he commenced the erection of the fine 
stone edifice now known as the Catholic Church, and situated in the 



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most picturesque portion of the city. It was completed in 1872, at a 
cost of $40,000. But the parish is steadily increasing, and even the 
large new church no longer aftords sufficient sitting room, which 
necessitates double service on Sundny- It is believed that the time 
is not far distant when there will have to be a church for each of the 
three languages, French, English and German, the people of which 
are now worshipping at one church. 

The parish numbers about two thousand adults. The number of 
baptisms in the past year was one hundred and eighty-four. Mar- 
riages, thirty-two ; interments, forty-nine. 

Services every Sunday and holiday, viz.: At 8 a. m. with a Ger- 
man sermon ; at 10:30 a.m. with French or English sermon. Biblical 
and catechetical instructions from 2 to 3 p. m. Yespfrs at 8p. xM. 
Evening services during the summer months and L-rtatTp. M. 
Mass every morning at 8 a. m. _ * * * 

THE PRE SB YTEKIA N CR UR OIL 
This, the first Presbyterian and first Protestant church at Chippewa 
Falls, was organized in the summer of 1855. The Uev. William Mc- 
Nair visited this point from Eau Ciaire, and preached every other 
Sabbath morning in the old log cabin which served the double purpose 
of school house and sanctuary. It stood near Mr. Van Name's resi- 
dence, but has long since disappeared. The growth of population 
soon demanded other and larger accommodations. Meanwhile the 
Eev. Mr. Phillips came from Mineral Point and immediately com- 
menced the erection of the present church building, which was 
completed two years afterwards, 1868. Some aid was obtained from 
the East, and the citizens here had a "mind for the Avork," and con- 
tributed liberally of their means. Great credit is due to H. S. 
Allen, Esq., and the Rev. Mr- Phillips, who is now pastor of the 
Presbyterian church at Hudson, for their unwearied labor in rearing 
this place of worship at that early day. 

Mr. Phillips won for himself the affectionate regard of all the peo- 
ple and remained pastor of the church for eleven years. He closed 
his labors in 18G8, and was followed by Rev. George W. Wainwright, 
from Sheboygan Falls, who, with some intermissions, preached here 
for three years. Then came the Rev. A. J. Stead from Estoria, 
New York, whose pastoral has just been dissolved. He yields the 
succession to Rev- D. W. Evans of Galena, Illinois. 

The church has within itself many elements, which, with judicious 
management, will secure for it a large success. It has reached its 



Groivth of Religion at Chippeiua Falls. 127 

present prosperous condition bj steady gro^yth. The Methodists and 
Episcopalians once worshipped with the Presbyterians, and were aided 
in building their own houses of worship by the benevolence of this 
Protestant mother church of the city of Chippewa Falls. D. W. E. 
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 

Zion Church, Chippewa Falls, was incorporated August 27th, 
1866, the Rev. C. H. Hendly minister in charge. At a somewhat 
earlier date, a few individuals who had been reared in the Protestant 
Episcopal church, and were greatly attached to her doctrines and 
services, felt a strong desire to organize a parish. Prominent among 
the few who labored for this result, were Mr- L. H. Brooks, now de- 
ceased, and his efficient wife, now Mrs- James Comerford, who ceased 
not their efforts until they were crowned with success. 

Mr. Hendly remained only a short time, then the parish became 
vacant, and remained so until the first of May, 1860, when the Rev. 
R. F. G. Page, minister at Eau Claire, took charge. His ministra- 
tions were continued, though somewhat irregularly, for about two 
years, when the parish was again without a minister. At this time 
Mr. H. II. Todd, a zealous churchman, gave the parish lay service, 
and conducted the Sunday school with success. 

On the first of June, 1873, the present rector, the Rev. W L. 
Kern, took charge. Since that time the parish has been striving to 
add to their funds, principally through the well concerted plans and 
labors of the ladies. The result is a fine church edifice enclosed, in 
which the members hope to worship soon. The parish now numbers 
thirty-three communicants, and is an intregral part of the diocese- It 
was formally received at the annual council of the Diocese in 
June, 1874. * * * 

SKETCH OF FIRST M. E. CHURCH. 

The data for an exact early history of this church is not at hand 
at the time of this writing, but it is ascertained that as early as 1859 
and 1860, in accordance with the plan of working of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, Chippewa Falls formed a part of a circuit. The 
first preaching appointment was fixed at a school house about two 
miles east of town, in what is known as the Dorland District. The 
first pastor and organizer of whom we learn definitely, was the Rev, 
Thomas Harwood, who did an excellent work in gathering scattered 
christians into little societies or classes, thus laying the foundations 
for the future prosperity of the denomination. Mr. Harwood was 
followed by Rev. E. S. Havens, who made more effort at establishing 



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a preaching appointment at Chippewa Falls proper. Next came that 
energetic English pioneer, the Rev- John Holt, and labored faithfully 
his appointed time, but left with the opinion that Chippewa Falls was 
a rather hard field of labor. 

The Rev. R. Cobban, now among the honored dead, followed Mr. 
Holt in labors not less faithful, and impressed himself upon the com- 
munity as a studious, earnest, christian minister. The Rev. A. J. 
Davis was appointed to Chippewa Falls in the fall of 1865, and was 
re-appointed in 1866. Under his admini'^tration the little society 
acquired a title to a lot for a parsonage, on which he erected a small 
dwelling, mostly by the labors of his own hands. We find Darius 
Bresee named in the conference minutes as the next minister, and 
the year he spent in ministerial labors here was his last in the minis- 
try. He was followed by Rev. E. E. Clough in the fall of 1868. 
Under Mr. Clough's administration the present commodious house of 
worship was erected and fully cleared of debt. An addition was also 
made to the parsonage. The church increased in membership, and 
Chippewa Falls for the first time became a "station," having weekly 
preaching, both morning and evening. 

Rev. W. S. Wright, now Presiding Elder of the Chippewa District, 
was appointed to this charge in 1871. His administration was marked 
by a number of additions to the church, and the securing of a fine 
bell. He was succeeded by Rev. H. W. Bushnell, the present pastor, 
in 1873. The membership of the church, at present, including pro- 
tationists, is not far from one hundred. 

The seating capacity of the church building is three hundred. The 
enterprising Board of Trustees has recently bought a lot in the rear 
of the church at a cost of six hundred dollars, with a view of adding 
to the beauty and convenience of the grounds, and to provide room 
for future additions to the church. In common with other enterprises 
of the place, the management of the aifairs of this church indicates 
faith in the future of Chippewa Falls. In the mind of this writer 
that faith has respect to something more than mere material growth 
and prosperity of the place. In definite terms, w^e expect the earnest 
preaching and living of an evangelical faith to produce its fruits in 
due season. H. W. B. 



L(ife ii) k CotLi|tf y f^rintii|^ Offide, 



MISS MIRANDA DOBBS AND HER BROTHER HOPKINS, HAVING BOUGHT 
OUT A DEMORALIZFD COUNTRY PRINTING OFFICE, START A NEW 
PAPER. IN THIS ARTICLE MISS DDBBS GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF THE 
MAKING OF THE FIRST ROLLERS, AND ALSO OF HOW SHE OBTAINED 
HER FIRST SUBSCRIBER. 




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iHE first form was ready for press before we 
discov ered that we had no rollers. The one 
which Green, the late proprietor, had been using 
was as hard as a rock. He informed us that he 
" had used that yer roller for nine years," which 
accounted for the hardness. Hop went to work and 
made some " composition." He had never before 
had anything of the kind to do, though he had seen 
rollers made for years. I was as ignorant in the 
matter as himself. We had learned how to set type, 
roll and work press; but of making up forms, mak- 
ing rollers, and the like, he knew little and I knew 
^less, though we both had a pretty good idea of how 
those things were done. 

While Hop was preparing the composition 1 hunt- 
^HZOIP. ed up the mould. It was rusty, and filled with cob 
webs. I cleaned it as well as I could, and Hop proceeded to oil it. 

" I have nothing but kerosene oil," he said. " We ought to have 
linseed or something of that kind, I guess." 

"I don't believe that kerosene will do," I returned. " You'd bet- 
ter make sure that you do it right. Go and get something else." 



130 Aynerican Shetcli Booh. 

" I'll risk the kerosene," he replied, dipping his swab into some. 

I said no more then about the oil, but helped to prepare the mould, 
and to pour the "composition," 

The next day we attempted to "pull our roller," but, though we 
pulled uutil we were both red in the face, not a line did we move it, 

" This comes of your kerosene oil," I ""snapped, panting between 
each word from sheer exhaustion. 

We had been pulling upward on the roller. We now resolved to 
place the mould flat on the floor, I holding it in place, and Hop pull- 
ing horizontally. But holding that rough iron mould while Hop put 
out his whole strength to start the stubborn roller was anything but 
easy or pleasant work, especially as I was obliged to get down on my' 
knees to do it. 

" We can never get it out ! " I cried in despair and weariness, 

"Yes we can. I felt it ptart at that last pull. Now for ' a long pull, 
a strong pull, and a pull all together,* as some body or other once 
said. You pull your level best at that end and I will at this- Now !' 

Both of us gave out all the strength we could command, and pulled 
in opposite directions. 

" Coming! " bawled Hop at the top of his voice. Then, simulta- 
neously his feet took the place hitherto occupied by his head, and I 
unintentionally sat down hard. 

" I've got her ! " he exclaimed, triumphantly, flourishing something 
in the air, while he lay upon his back. 

As soon as I had got a little over the stunning sensation caused by 
sitting down so hard, I gave a glance at him and at the supposed 
roller, I was still too dizzy to see plainly, but somehow that roller 
didn't look just right, 

" It's an awful small one," I said. 

Hop gave a sudden glance at the article in question, then raised 
himself slowly to a sitting posture. 

"I'll be eternally swiiched," he remarked with a doleful stare at 
me, " if we've pulled out anything but the core ! " 

Neither had we. The composition was all in the mould, as solid 
as ever, 

I don't believe that a man's powers of endurance and his patience 
are equal to a woman's. Hop declared that we were " done for." 
We never could make a roller in that mould. He was going back to 
Crossroads to work for the "News" man, and the "Enterprise" 
might " go to thunder.* , 



Life in a Country Printing Office. 131 

I told him to stop his jaw and go to work. I could make a roller, 
P.I d I wculd. He sneered at that, buti hinted at his success as a 
local editor, compared with mine, and he suddenly became very busy. 

But what a job was mine ! I had to tear the sticky composition 
out of the mold with my hands. 

" This stuff would never have made a roller anyhow," I remarked 
in no very pleasant humor. 

"Better it," snapped Hop. 

" I will surely do that very same thing," I returned with marked 
emphasis. 

" Well, I can tell you that you will never get that mold cleaned, 
if you work till doom's day. 

" That is simply your opinion," I responded aggravatingly, 

I said to myself, " water dissolves glue and water dissolves sugar, 
therefore water must cleanse out this stuff." So I stoppe<l up one 
end of the mold and filled it with boiling water, leaving it to soak 
while I set to work to make some composition, carefully observing the 
rules laid down in the "Manual" as I worked. 

The hot water proved to be the needed dissolvant of Hop's com- 
position, and operated to such a charm that I soon had the mold 
ready for use, and also the composition. 

Hop did not volunteer his assistance in the preparations, and I was 
too spunky to ask for it, though I was considerably perplexed about 
getting the core into position. 

The next morning, with many hopes and some fears, I saw my 
roller pulled. It was smooth, hard and elastic, and I was clapping 
my hands in triumph, when Hop began to "ya, ha, ha ! " with all his 
might. 

" What are you laughing at ? " I asked, angrily. " Did you ever 
see better composition or a smoother roller than that, young man ? " 

"No," he returned, holding bis sides, " but you didn't fasten the 
core down, and it swam. Half of the roller hasn't got any core in it. 
You -will have to melt it over, sis." 

Great tears of vexation started into my eyes. 

" I saw how it Avas going to be when you was fixing it," he went 
on, "but I thought I'd let you work out your own salvation." 

" You saw that I was spoiling a roller, at an hour when our paper 
should have been to press, and yet didn't even hint it," I said, so 
angry and surprised that I could scarcely breathe. " Hop Dobbs, if I 
have all the energy of the family, you have all the meanness." 
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132 American Shetch Booh. 

Then I turned from him in contempt, and re-commenced work on 
my roller. 

The next trial proved a success; a better roller I never saw. I 
have made many a one since, too ; but two things I have been careful 
to avoid, viz : oiling the mold with kerosene, and letting the core 
swim. 

As a consequence of our trouble Aviththe rollers, the " Enterprise " 
was somewhat late ; but we pronounced it "good" when it was out 
finally. We had deemed it best to make no canvass of the town until 
after we had a specimen copy with which to work, and we had not 
one subscriber to whom we might mail the paper. But we concluded 
to send a copy through the post office to every family in the town. 
How to get their names we did not know, until the town clerk sug- 
gested the poll list. This was a feasible plan, and we gladly accepted 
it. Every voter in the town received a copy of the paper. I thought 
t'lat we c:)uld not bs accused of partiality by this method. But 
careful as I was in this respect, I got into trouble thereby. 

We issued our paper on Saturday, and on the Monday morning 
following, I was waited upon by a stout woman, whose threatening 
brow showed that something was Avrong. I did not know but that 
she was one of those whom I mentioned in the locals, and I looked 
around for a chance to escape. But I had unwisely chosen for my 
sanctum a room which had only one door, and guarding that was the 
wrathful female. I measured her with my eyes. She was large and 
strong. She looked as if she might be able to wring my neck with- 
out half an effort. I wished for a pistol or a poker, or something 
with which to defend myself; but alas ! my sissors and my composing 
rule were the only articles that met my searching gaze. 

There was but one chance of escape for me ; I must try to con- 
ciliate her. 

Putting on my sweetest smile, I advanced as near as I deemed it 
safe, bade her a pleasant good morning, and asked her to be seated. 

" 0, yes," she said with a sneer, " you can be very nice to a woman 
you have outraged and insulted. But soft words don't heal insults, 
ma'am, and I am here to tell you what I think of you, and to take 
my satisfaction. Mary Shea a'n't to be insulted by anybody without 
resenting it." 

I drew a long breath. Her name had not been mentioned in the 
locals, I was sure. But, to what she alluded, I could not even guess. 



Life in a Country Printing Office. 133 

"Mrs. Shea," I said, "you are a stranger to me, and I cannot 
imagine in what way I can have insulted you. There must be some 
mistake, I am sure." 

"^ No mistake at all, ma'am, You have deliberately insulted me. 
In face, the finger of scorn has been pointed at me ever since your 
paper come out." 

What could she mean ? I looked at her in dumb surprise. 

" 0, you needn't put on that innocent kind of a look. I am a 
working female, but I am as good a one as you, ifl do say it myself." 

" So am I a working woman, and a pretty hard worked one, too," 
I returned. "I certainly had no desire to insult any woman, or man 
either, rich or poor, and I don't understand you at all." 

"And you can siand there and say that you did not deliberately 
insult Mary Shea, that is meself, can you ? " 

" I can certainly, for till now I have been ignorant that such a per- 
son was in existence." 

" Then what for did you send everybody else in town a paper except 
me, pray ? " placing her arms akimbo and shaking her head threat- 
eningly. 

A light flashed upon my benighted vision. 

" I sent a paper to every voter," I replied. 

" To every voter, hey? And I'd like to know if I a'n't as good 
as any of your voters ? Don't I pay my taxes, as hadn't ought to 
and take care of my nine children ? Don't I take care of my firm, 
and haul in wood winters? " Nuther do I get drunk and lay about 
saloons as your voters do. I am a good, honest, hard-working woman, 
and you'd a been twice as likely to git your pay if you'd sent your 
paper to me, as you will be from the louts you did send it to." 

" ^y good woman," I returned, " I am exceedingly sorry ; but it 
is the law, and not I, that is to blame. I am a stranger here, you 
must know. I designed sending a copy of the "Enterprise" to every 
family, but did not know how to get the names. The town clerk gave 
me the poll list. Your name was not there, and consequently I did 
not mail you a copy. How could I, when I knew nothing about 
you ? " 

" And didn't he mention my name at all ? " she queried. 

" He surely did not." 

" The lying, deceitful lout ! It was him as said to me ' Mrs. Shea, 
you not being a man, you wasn't considered as wanting a paper. 
The folks as prints that " Enterprise " don't believe in strong minded 



134 American Shetch Booh. 

women,' And he didn't mention me at all ? " Surprise was taking 
the place of anger on her face now. 

" He did not," I replied. " I certainly would have mailed you a 
copy of the paper, if he had. I now have the honor of presenting 
you one, hoping it will please you, and that you will use your influ- 
ence in its favor. I need the help and encouragement of all, and I 
do not intend to slight any one, much less a sister woman who is 
struggling in the world, like myself, to make an honest living." 

Her muscles relaxed, and a broad smile spread itself over her 
weather-beaten face. 

" You're a lady, ma'am ! " she exclaimed. " Give us your hand. 
There, now. I guess I'll take your paper. Here's a dollar for six 
months. I'll try it, and if I like it I'll take it longer." 

So the "Enterprise" got its first subscriber, and so I missed a 
thrashing. 

When she had gone, I went into the printing office, and not seeing 
Hop, I asked for him. 

" Up there," said sister Chat, pointing to the scuttle-hole! " When 
that woman came in, swinging her fists and demanding the editor, he 
sent her to the sanctum, telling her that he was only a hand. Then 
he crawled up there. He was afraid of her. He said he knew she 
could whip him." 

I broke in upon her information with a ringing laugh. 

"Who was she? " asked Hop from above. 

" Our first subscriber," I answered. 

Hop came quietly down. 




^diool^ of dliippew^ S^^U^. 



WHO, that used to go to school in the old log school-houses of 
twenty years ago, and sit on a high, backless bench, with 
his feet dangling in the air, while a teacher, scarcely wiser than the 
scholars, walked about with a long hickory switch in his hands, trying 
to keep order, but seldom succeeding, is not surprised when entering 
the clock-work institutions of the present day, to find what a rapid 
progress has been made in the direction of educating the young of our 
land. The writer remembers attending a school, when she was very 
young, where the seats were rough slabs, having four sticks stuck in 
auger holes for legs, one or more of said seats regularly breaking down 
daily, and sending a lot of little ones sprawling on the floor. There 
were scarcely two books alike in the whole school, and each scholar was 
a class by himself. We studied arithmetic there, but the teacher had 
not progressed beyond the fundamental rules, and fractions were as 
new to her as to us. We used to take the "answer" for a guide, and 
add, multiply, divide and subtract, until we got the right amount, 
regardless of all rules. How fast we did progress, too ! We got 
nearly through the arithmetic in one term, and then were not a par- 
ticle wiser than when we commenced, excepting the knowledge that 
we knew as much as the the teacher. There was a large girl in the 
school who possessed a Murray's grammar, and who made a pretence of 
studying it. We used to look upon her as a sort of a Soloman, though 
we are now convinced that her knowledge scarcely exceeded our own. 
Then how proud we were of our elocution ! Once a week we " spoke 
pieces." The pictures that some of us made as we stood, straight and 
stiff, on the platform, repeating in a sing-song tone, as fast as we could 
enunciate, some little verse which we always got wrong, such as 

" Twinkle, twinkle, little star, 

How you wonder what I are! " 

remain in our memory to the present day. We recall them with a 
smile when we inspect the grand temples where the young are now 
educated, and we cannot help thinking a little spitefully sometimes, 
that if the succeeding generation is not smarter and wiser than the 



136 American Shetch Booh. 

present, there must be a retrograde movement in nature, somewhere. 

In the following brief sketch, Dr. McDonald of Chippewa Falls 
gives an idea of the rapid advancement of the schools of the city 
and county. 

" The interest taken by the people of this county, (Chippewa) in the 
matter of education is highly creditable to them. There are few coun- 
ties in the state wherein a better feeling is manifested on this subject 
than in this. They are in general favorably impressed with its impor- 
tance, and evince a willingness to assist in its progress. Five years 
ago there were but thirty schools in the county, as shown by official 
statistics published by authority Now there are sixty-seven, making 
an increase, in this brief space of time, of thirty-seven schools. All 
over the county, the old log school houses, venerable for the many 
reminiscences connected with them, are rapidly disappearing, and in 
their stead appropriate frame buildings painted white, and well fenced, 
gratify the eye. The schools are well supported with the indispensible 
aids to teaching, while many of them have in addition, globes, maps, 
geometrical blocks, etc. In this county, efficient and able teachers re- 
ceive ready patronage, and are well remunerated for their labors ; in 
fact, few counties in the state pay teachers higher wages than in this, 
while in the majority of the others the pay is nearly one-third less. 
There are several graded schools in operation, and are doing good 
service. 

" The second ward school of this city has Prof E. S. Tilson as prin- 
cipal, a gentleman well known in the West as an indefatigable and 
successful teacher. Few have earned a better record as an instructor 
of youth than this same gentleman. He is ably assisted by a corps of 
lady teachers, all of whom are well qualified, and who in the perform- 
ance of their several duties, give general satisfaction. The first ward 
school is superintended by Prof. Kiley, an old and experienced teacher. 
His assistants are Mr. P. Jenning and three ladies- These are also ex- 
cellent teachers, and perform the duties assigned them satisfactorily." 






A STRANGER, to look over the engraving of Chippewa Falls in 
the Sketch Book, could hardly realize the fact that until a com- 
paratively short time since, Indian wigwams stood and Indian councils 
were held on the very spot where handsome brick blocks are erected ; 
that on the site of the Union Lumbering Company's store and office, 
where four hundred thousand dollars Avorth of merchandise is sold, and 
business to the amount of one million five hundred thousand dollars is 
done, the Sioux and Chippewas, in 1850, were drawn up in martial 
array, threatening to destroy the mill which was then owned by H. S. 
Allen, Esq. 

Few places in the Union present better prospects, or have a brighter 
future. With a population of over six thousand, which is being con- 
stantly added to ; with the best and most unlimited water power in the 
world, offering grand manufauturing facilities ; with a quantity of enter- 
prising, go-ahead, business men, pushing matters along ; and the fact 
that it is the head-quarters of a majority of the loggers on the Chippewa 
river, it cannot fail to have a population of twenty-five or thirty thou- 
sand in another ten years. It is surrounded by a magnificent farming 
country, while the pine is almost inexhaustable. 

The completion of the Eagle Rapids Improvement, which consists of 
a dam, piers, booms, etc., at Eagle Rapids, three miles above the city, 
making a reservoir capable of holding all the logs put on the Chippewa, 
makes this the head-quarters of all logging operations, and affords much 
greater security to the stock put on the river. Great losses have been 
sustained in the spring-time by floods, etc., sweeping the logs out of the 
river. In 1855, the entire stock of logs owned by Mr. Allen here, 
was swept down the jiver ; and others sustained heavy losses. In 1872, 
the jam piers built by Pound, Halbert & Co., which were supposed to 
be invincible, went out in the August freshet, taking a good many logs 



138 American Shetch Booh. 

from here and other places below. The works at Eagle Rapids will 
remedy all this trouble, and make capital invested more secure. There 
is no possible contingency whereby a flood could damage property. The 
Eagle Rapids works are pronounced unexceptionable. A short distance 
below them commences the slack water of the Union Lumbering Com- 
pany's dam, opposite Paint Creek, where there are innumerable heavy 
piers, booms, etc. Two miles below this is the dam across the Falls, 
Avhicli is also surrounded with stone piers, etc., thus affording every se- 
curity possible for logs. 

The Mississippi Logging Company, which puts in from fifty to 
seventy million feet of logs, which are floated down the river, makes its 
head-quarters here. 

Chippewa Falls is the county seat of Chippewa County. It was 
made an incorporated city in 1859. It has the reputation of being 
orderly and well managed. There are two banks, the First National 
and Seymour's Bank. There are sixteen general merchandise estab- 
lishments ; three jewelry stores ; four meat markets ; two hardAvare 
stores ; three millinery establishments ; seven boot'and shoe stores ; eight 
lawyers ; six physicians, and the usual number of other professions. 
The schools are excellent, and afford the best of educational facilities. 

The completion of the Chippewa Falls and Western Railroad brings 
the city into uninterrupted rail connections with outside markets ; and 
in the summer season there is good water connection with Wabasha, 
Winona, Dubuque, Hannibal, Muscatine, St. Louis, and all other points 
on the Mississippi river. All the lumber goes down the river in rafts, 
at the present time, but the indications are that a gradual shipment by 
rail will soon commence, As soon as that mode of shipment is initiated, 
more planing mills Avill be built. 

The early history of the citj of Chippewa Falls and of the county 
of Chippewa, is interwoven with incidents and occurrences that would 
make a very interesting book, and an evening spent in conversation 
with Mr. John Brunet, who first made a visit here, in 1832, to get 
out some square timber for the fort at Prairie du Chien; with Mr II- 
S- Allen, who came in 1834 : with Mr. William Carson and Mr. S. 
McCann, pioneers of 1837 ; or many of the others, who are numbered 
among the first settlers, is like glancing into the pages of a fascinat- 
ing romance. 

In this brief and imperfect sketch, of course, there is not room to 
enumerate or enlarge much of the past history. A brief mention of 
it is all that can be made. 



Chi^2^ewa J^alls, 130 

SAW MILLS. 

The Union Lumbering Company's mil!, or as it was then known as 
the "big mill," was built by Hercules L. Djusmm, of Preirie du 
Chien, and other members of the American Fur Company, under the 
superintendence of Mr. John Brunet, who is now a resident of the 
county, and some eighty-six years of age, having first come to Wis- 
consin in 1818. It had a capacity of sawing ten thousand feet in 
twelve hours. Dousman and his associates owned it until 1815, when 
they sold to Ben. Brunson and J. N. Bass. The next year H. S. 
Allen bought them out, and soon after other partners came in, and 
the firm of II. S. Allen & Co. was founded. This firm did business 
until 1855, when the Chippewa Falls Lumbeving Company was formed 
with H. S. Allen, pre-idt-nt, and John Judge, secretary. This Com- 
pany failed in 1860 for about $150,000. Heeson & Mahler then took 
it for one year. In 1861, Alin Randall took it for a season. Then 
came Pound, Ilaibcrt & Co., and Charles B. Coleman, wlio leased it 
for two years. 

In 1864, Thaddeus C. Puund, Albert E. Pound and Thomas L. 
Halbert purchased the property of the assignee, and it was owned by 
this firm until 1868, when the Union Lumbering Company was incor- 
porated, with Thad. C. Pound for president and A. E. Pound as sec- 
retary and treasurer, in whose hinds the mill now remains. From 
a capacity of tet\ thousand feet per day, it has been enlarged and re- 
built, until it is novv the largest mill in the world under one roof, with 
a capacity of throe hundred aad fifty thousand feet in twenty-four 
hours. The capital stock of the Union Lumbering Company is fifteen 
hundred thousand dollars, and embraces some prominent operators in 
Pennsylvania and New York. There are eighty thousand acres of 
good pine land attached to the property, amounting to seven hundred 
million feet of pine. Over three hundred thousand dollars have been 
expended by the company in building piers, booms and dams. A 
large building is used for a store, office, etc. The officers are: Thad. 
C. Pound, Chippewa Falls, President ; D. M, Peck of Wdliamsport 
Pennsylvania, Vice-President ; A. E. Pound, Secretary and Treasurer. 

The "Blue Mill" was built ia 1811) by Arthur McCann and F. 
Thomas. It is now operated by the Badger State Lumbering Com- 
pany, of which John Barron is president. Capacity twelve million 
feet per season. 

Duncan Creek Mill, the site of which is now usel by the Glen 
Flouring Mill, was built by J. Duocau ia 1857. 
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140 A77ierica7i Shetcli Booh. 

Chippewa City Mill was built by Lockhart, Manahan & O'Neill, in 
1852. It is now owned by L. C.Stanley, Fred. G. Stanley and 
Emo>y F. Stanley, who are also engaged in the mercantile business, 
under the firm name of Stanley Brothers. Capacity of the mill, 
four million feet per season. 

Gravel Island Mill was built in 18G2, by Bussy & Taylor; now 
owned by the French Lumbering Company, of which Louis Vincent 
is president. Capacity, ten million. 

Jim's Falls Mill was built by Adin Randall, in 1860 and has been 
idle much of tlie time since. Ilolson's mill was built by Charles B. 
Coleman, in 1865. It is now owned by John Robson of Winona. 
Capacity, fourteen million feet. 

GRIST 311 LLS. 

There arc seven grist mills in the county, with a total of twenty- 
six stones. 

HOTELS. 

The first hotel was built by IT. S. Allen, in 1857, on the corner of 
River and Bay streets, (the Tremont site) and kept by John Wehr, 
prior to which time the only place in the county where a stranger 
could get a meal, or a night's lodging, was at the Company's boarding 
honse, or in "Battle Row," where nearly all the early settlers lived 
at difierent times. A saloon, known as the Black Grocery in those 
days, was kept running, and it is recorded that* oftentimes two 
barrels of whisky were drank up in a single day. Indeed, it has 
been recorded that the mill would sometimes be shut down to afford 
the men an opportunity to go there and drink and gamble. The Allen 
House was burned some time afterwards, and the Tremont House 
erected. This was burned in 1871, and a second Tremont House, 
costing one hundred thousand dollars, and furnished Avith bath rooms, 
hot and cold water, steam heaters, etc., was erected. Last winter this 
fell a victim to the destroying element, and the ruins of the elegant 
building still remain in a chaotic state. This site has been an unfor- 
tunate one for hotels, and the probabilities are that the fatality which 
has attended it will deter any one from building a hotel there again. 

There are now ibree good hotel buildings here, the Central and the 
Waterman Houses on Bridge street, and the Cardinal House on River 
street, all nevr buildings and conveniently situated. 
CHURCHES. 

The Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran and 
Norwegian denominations are all represented in convenient sanctuaries. 



Chippewa Falls. 141 

The Catholic Church is the handsomest, having cost some $40,000. 
FARMIXG LANDS IN TEIE COUNTY. 

The first farm opened near the city was in the year 1S53. It is 
now owned by Arthur Gough, Esq. In 1855, the tide of immigration 
set in, and here are now some of the handsomest farms in the state. 
The county contains one hundred and fourteen townships. It was 
organized in 1855, with a population of six huadreil. Its population 
in 1870 was eight thousand, three hundred and eleven. The valua- 
tion of its taxable property in 1872 was five million doil trs. It is 
now valued at eight million, and has a population of a'jjiit fourteen 
thousand. 

The soil of the hard-timbered land is what is termed clay loam; that 
of the prairies is a rich, black, sandy loam. The surface of the 
county is generally quite level. Farming lands, both prairie and 
timbered, as choice as can be found in the West are here in great 
abundance. Vast quantities of winter and spring wheat are produced 
yearly ;'the average yield being twenty bushels per acre, Avhich sells 
in any market as the best quality. 

The average yield of oats to the acre is forty bushels, which in grade 
rarely falls below, number one. Barley and rye grow equally well. 
Hay grows wild in great abundance, and yields an average of two tons 
to the acre. There is also raised in the county the first quality of 
timothy hay, the average yield being two tons to the acre. As for 
potatoes, the yield and quantity is unsurpassed, the average crop being 
about two hundred bushels per acre. 

.Wild fruits of all kinds grow in great abundance, and planted fruit 
trees, such as apples and the like, are thrifty. Stock raising is ex- 
tremely profitable, the pineries creating a great demand for horses and 
cattle. There is also an abundance of sandstone and granite for 
building purposes. For a new country, the roads and public buildings 
are good. There are plenty of good school-houses, and the schools 
are well attended and well taught. 

The home markets are very excellent, on account of the pineries, 
and the farmer can sell his produce of all kinds at home. 

The county is well watered, the Chippewa river being navigable to 
Chippewa Falls, and besides this there are almost countless small 
streams and lakes abounding in fish of all kinds. The county pos- 
sesses an abundance of the very best hard wood timber, afi"ording ex- 
cellent facilities for the manufacture of anything into which this 
material enters, such as wagons, carriages, barrels, farming-tools, etc 



142 American Shetcli Booh. 

RE MINIS CENCES. 

During the early history of the county, and up to 1860, nearly all 
of the supplies used in the country were brought from below in keel 
boats, pulled up the river by twelve men each, six on a side. In those 
days, pork readily brought from thirty-five to fifty dollars a barrel, and 
lumber sold at five and six dollars a thousand. AVhat wonder that the 
first lumbermen here lost money and became bankrupts ? 

The first steamboat that visited the Falls was in 1849- Its name 
has been forgotten. Subsequently the steamers 11. S. Allen and 
Chippewa made regular trips until 1860, and at intervals afterwards, 
as long as it was remunerative. The navigation was good except at 
low water. 

From ]Mr. Thomas E. Randall's interesting reminiscences of the 
Chippewa Valley, the following is clipped. 

"• In 1840, a party of Sioux were waylaid near the Red Cedar river, 
and entirely cut to pieces; and in November of the same year, a 
party of six, belonging to the opposite belligerents, was cut off in the 
same way. The following year, a large party of Sioux came up by 
invitation of the Ghippewas to Eau Claire, where they held a friendly 
meeting, and smoked the pipe of peace. This was repeated in Octo- 
ber, 1S46, when one hundred and fifty braves, all mounted on ponies, 
went up to the Falls, thence to Chippewa City, and held a treaty of 
peace with their hereditary foes. Among them Avere the great chiefs, 
Wabasha, Red Winj^ and Big Thunder. Their first meeting took 
place at the Falls about sunset, and was rather informal, owing to 
some misunderstanding as to the place of meeting. The writer was 
present and heard a part of the Reception Address, and subsequently 
learned from Ambrose, one of the interpreters, the substance of 
what was said on both sides- The Sioux re'.nained mounted on their 
ponies during the entire interview. The Chippewa chiefs were painted 
after their model indicating peace, and the head chief advanced to- 
wards their guests, with a large red pipe, made of stone from Pipe- 
stone mountain, in one hand, and in the other a hatchet, which was 
thrown with considerable force, so as to partly bury it in the earth ; 
then raising the pipe to his mouth and taking a whiff or two, and 
turning the stem towards the Sioux chief, presented it for his accept- 
ance. All this was done in silence ; the Sioux chief received the em- 
blem of peace also in silence, smoked a few whiffs, bowed respectfully 
as he haniled the pipe, reined his pony one step to the right, and 
waited the next salutation, the substance of which was : " Friends, 
we are glad you have come ; Ave are anxious to make peace with the 
Sioux nation. As you have seen us throw down and bury the hatchet, 
so we hope you are inclined to make peace." The Sioux chiefs then 
threw down whatever arms they held, and declared their purpose to 



Cliip])ewa Falls, 143 

maintain permanent peace. They said their great father, the Presi- 
dent, with whom they had never been at war, had requested them to 
conclude a lasting peace with the Chippewa nation ; and although 
thoy had sold their lands on the east side of the Mississippi, they 
still wanted to hunt there, and was glad that in the future they could 
do so without fear. This was all done through interpreters, several 
of whom were present on each side, and closed every sentence they 
repeated with the expression of, " That's what we say." The dele- 
gation met a much larger number of Chippewa chiefs and braves the 
next day at Chippewa City, where the ceremonies were still more 
imposing, and a dinner was served of which both parties partook. 
These demonstrations were so earnest, and seemed so sincere, that 
outsiders really supposed that these hitherto mortal enemies had be- 
come fast friends. But in the summer of 1S49, an event occurred 
that showed that one party to this treaty reposed very little confidence 
in the faith of the other. It will, however, be necessary to relate 
some intervening circumstances, before we reach this. During the 
summer of 1848, a wealthy merchant of Galena, by the name of 
Bloomer, sent some agents up the Chippewa to select a site for a saw 
mill, and immediately came on in person with a large force, and com- 
menced operations. The site fixed upon was the lower chain of the 
Eagle Rapids, three-fourths of a mile below the present dam. The 
men brought along to execute the work, were mostly from the Wis- 
consin river, and at their head was the reckless and notorious Tim. 
Hurley, and another hard case by the name of Tim. Inglar, and sev- 
eral others of like temperament. To secure hay for the winter, some 
of these men were sent up on the meadows, in the neighborhood of 
Vanville, and hence the name Bloomer was given to the prairie and 
town. Before winter came on, Mr. Bloomer got discouraged and sold 
the things out to H. S. Allen, at the Falls, and the project of building 
a mill on Eagle Rapids, was therefore abandoned. Bloomer himself 
returned to Galena, but his men were all turned over, with the teams 
and supplies, to Mr. Allen, that is, if they chose to stay, which most 
of them did. Hurley was married, and built a house and saloon at 
the Falls, the first ever started in this valley, which soon became the 
head-quarters of every gambler and hard case in the upper valley. 
Among others, Avas a Frenchman, Martial Caznobia, who, on the 
fourth day of July, in this year 1849, with a crowd of these fellows, 
having inbibed pretty freely of "benzine," repaired to the wigwam 
of an Indian then camping at the Falls wherein the Frenchman at- 
tempted some liberties with the Indian's squaw, which were promptly 
resented. The Indian drew a dirk knife, and drove it to the handle 
in the body of the would-be violater of his home. The wound was a 
very dangerous one, bled profusely, and was thought the next morn- 
ing to be positively fatal. It was Sunday morning, a great croAvd 
assembled around ; and at the Hurley House where Caznobia was 
supposed to be dying, some one raised the cry of, " Let's hang the 



144 American Sketch Book. 

d d Indian ! " It was no quicker said than done. A rope was pro- 
cured, and the croAvd, headed by Inglar, made a rush for the Indian's 
residence ; a noose was formed around his neck, the rope thrown over 
tlie Hmb of a pine tree, standing near the present site of the Union 
Lumbering Company's store, the weight of several of these desperate 
men was thrown upon the other end of the rope, and the body of the 
Indian soon dangled between heaven and earth, a lifeless corpse. 

Mr. Allen was absent at this time, down the river, but on his return 
about three weeks after, he found great excitement, and threatening 
demonstrations on the part of the Indians, who had assembled at the 
Falls, to the number of 1,500, including all the chiefs in the entire 
nation. Ic was with great difficulty that the fury of such a throng of 
exasperated savages was restrained by their chiefs, until Mr. Allen's 
return. Only for their regard for Mrs. Allen and her family, and 
the timely interference of James Ermatinger and George Warren, it 
is possible that the mills and most of the buildings at the Falls would 
have been burned. This they threatened to do unless the murderers 
of their brother wore surrendered to them. After much delay, and full 
explanations had been made in which the offenders disclaimed any in- 
tentional wrong against the Chippewa nation, that it was caused by 
whisky, and that they were sorry now, the chiefs and the braves 
became somewhat molified, and agreed that the ring leaders only 
should be molested, and that they might be tried and punished accord- 
ing to our laws ; upon which Tim. Ingiar and three others surrendered 
themselves prisoners, and were placed on board of a boat to be taken 
to Prairie du Chien for trial. Eight Chippewa braves in two canoes 
volunteered to escort them down the river. But as the party ap- 
proached that point on the Chippewa, " half a day's march from the 
Falls," alarm and terror seized the brave escorts, and nothing could 
induce them to go another rod, in such constant dread were they of 
the Sioux, who twenty months before had promised eternal friendship. 
The prisoners, however, continued their journey to Prairie du Chien, 
and surrendered themselves to the sheriff of Crawford County, to wait 
an examination; but as there was no one to appear against them, they 
were discharged. They took good care, however, not to be seen on 
the Chippewa again." 

Other accounts assert that the friends of the prisoners started 
down the river ahead of them, until what was known as the " Neutral 
Grounds" was reached, where they dressed themselves up in Sioux 
stjle. Waiting the approach of the boat, the would-be-Sioux made 
their appearance, when the alarm was given, and the eight " Chip- 
pewa braves " at once started for the opposite shore and beat a hasty 
retreat. By this trick, the state was without evidence and of course 
the prisoners were discharged. 

Dr. Alex. McBean was the first physician here, having come in 



Chij>petva Falls. 145 

l^i^^). Hon. 11. L. Ilumpbrej, the present popular Circuit Judge, 
was the first District Attorney. ratrick McNally was the first Law- 
yer, and settled here in 1856. S. S. McCann was the first Justice of 
the Peace, having been appointed by Governor Dodge in 1847, and 
elected in 1854. His root-house was the first prison. H, S. Allen 
was the first County Treasurer, and Mose Ryan the first Sheriff. 
The first county order issued was for twelve dollars and sold fur a half 
bushel of onions. 

In 1853, a detachment of Sioux and Chippewa Indians had quite a 
skirmish near what is known as Barron's Mill, in which engagement 
quite a number of braves of both tribes found their way to the "happy 
hunting grounds-" 

In 1858, a desperado known as Bill Wiley, killed an Irishman at 
Frenchtown, opposite the Falls, owing to jealousies created over one 
of the dusky maidens of the forests. Wiley struck the Irishman with 
a hoe, while the latter was mixing mortar. The coroner's jury, with 
" Blue Tom " as justice, and two bottles of whisky on the table, had 
no trouble in finding that the deceased came to his death from na-tural 
causes. In fact, up to 1860, every man was a " Cain unto himself," 
and a terror unto every other man. 

Mr. Randall thus describes some of the early dances here: 

" As this year, 185G, marks a new era in the social condition of 
this valley, it may be interesting before taking final leave of the old 
regime, to speak move at length of its peculiar aspects. Without 
schools, churches, and literary culture, the elements of social inter- 
course are very much restricted in a neighborhood, especially where 
several races and nationalities are represented, balls being the only 
available resource from which all distinction of race, color, language, 
family, or worldly position are utterly banished. Every winter sev- 
eral of these were given in difterent localities, some of which were 
grand affairs; and having frequently attended with my family at these 
gatherings, I will try to describe a grand ball of that period. It re- 
quired about all the women in the valley to aff'ord an opportunity, by 
keeping them constantly on the floor, for every man to get a partner 
for a single cotillion set, and accordingly having sent out invitations 
to every settlement and family, the party giving the ball would send 
two men with a team and conveyance to every lady whose presence 
Avas considered doubtful, and to these it was no use to make excuses ; she 
" must " go, and nothing short of severe illness Avould induce them to 
leave the house without her. One of the long dining halls of the mill 
company is cleared of tables and most of its benches, and a motley 
group are assembled, many of whom are the dark haired daughters of 
the forest, more, a shade lighter, are from Uer Majesty's domiuion of 



146 American Shetcli Booh. 

Canada, a few from the Red River of the North, (now Manitobia), 
and the rest froca all parts of the country; and while the the company 
are assembling, greetings are heard in half a dozen different languages, 
while an invitation to drink awaits every new comer of the men, and 
by the time the music strikes up, several are too far gone to take part 
in the rnjoyments. A survey of the room discloses about three gents 
to one lady, so there is no danger of any one of the ladies drooping 
as a *' wall-flower." It also discloses some half-dozen hard visaged 
men, mostly from the south, with revolvers and bowie knives, carried 
conspiciously about their person, and who are ready to rope in and 
fleece some unsuspecting new comer, or to pick a quarrel with some 
one against whom an old grudge exists. For several years, Dan Mc- 
Cann, " Old Dan," as he is called, was the only hope of any terpsi- 
chorean assembly, in this valley, as it waste the touch of his fiddle 
bow, that every light fantastic toe must yield active or passive obedi- 
ence. He knew nothing of music as a science, but could play a num- 
ber of marches, cotillions and one waltz, very well by rote, and woe 
to the hapless ball or party that failed to secure his indispensible ser- 
vices. A marked feature of all such gatherings was the perfect 
equality manifested between all parties, their perfect freedom from 
envy and heart-burnings on account of dress, family or other distinc- 
tions ; in fact they were perfectly free-and-easy, and being about the 
only social recreation, were regarded with much favor by all parties, 
and exerted a very healthy influence, the only drawback being the 
presence of the black-leg?, who sometimes made things lively by pro- 
miscuous shooting among the dancers and into the crowd, whenever 
a dispute arose at the gaming table and the opposite party took 
refuge among them. Such is the picture of the highest social enjoy- 
ment in the good old time.'* 

The first burial place, here, was where A. S. Stiles & Go's upper 
livery stable now stands ; the next, near L- C. Stanley's residence. 
The present cemetery was then used- 

Up to 1860, pretty much all the logging was done by ox teams, 
horses being so scarce. 

In conclusion, we wish to refer again to the engraving of the city 
and surrounding country, accompanying these sketches. The view 
was photographed by I. B. Galliher of Chippewa Falls, and engraved 
by Thomas Robinson of St. Paul, and is one of which those who have 
placed it before the public, may be justly proud, and one that has no 
need of any one's praise in order that it may be recognized as a 
work of art. — an old settler. 



I(ii)e^ to a J^riei\d. 

Our true friends we can seldom discover 

In the number that cUiims to be ours, 
Wlien the bright skies are spreading all over, 

And the way-sides are blooming with flow'rs ; 
But when threatening clouds are descending, 

Thus foretelling most terrible storms ; 
When the darkness with daylight is blending, 

And ruciC briars are piercing our forms. 

You came not to niy life in the glowing, 

When the suns of prosperity shine ; 
It was when the rude tempests were blowing, 

And when sickness and sorrow were mine, — 
When the shadows around me had thickened, 

And I shivered in darkness with fear, — 
When alone among strangers I sickened, 

With none other to watch me, or cheer. 

We arc j artir-g, it mny be forever, 

But my soul has a last wish for you : 
In the journey of life may you never 

Need a friend that is kindly and true ; ' 
And when sickness with chains shall have bounl joa, 

May your every need be supplievl 
By kind friends, that shall gather around you, 

Though that pleasure to me is denied. 

Many branches flow into Life's River, 

And each leads through a diifercnt Innd, — 
One may be where the orange leaves quiver, 

And another where snows drape the sand, — 
But we know that away toward the ncean, 

All the waters are mingled in one ; 
And somehow I must cling to the notion 

That friendss meet when the journey is done.— 'Bo:sNIBEL. 



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Keej) Yoiif Woi'd. 

IT IS rtfreshirg riow-a-dajs to find a person -who puts any great 
value upon his word ; and we might say that it is not very often 
that we are thus refreshed You would feel like annihiliating me, if I 
should say in plain words, "You are not a person of your word," 
yet you make a dozen promises every day, that you never fulfill, and 
some of which you do not intend to fulfill at the time when you make 
them. 

Perhaps you promise an acquintance to attend to some matter of 
business. He waits day after day, and Aveek after week, but still 
your premise is unkept, to his detriment, and though he may not say 
as much to you, he inwardly concludes that you are not a person of 
honor, and that he can never have faith in you again. 

It may be that you promise to spend an evening with some friend, 
Avho waits in feverish anxiety for your coming, while you are making 
yourself company to some one else. The friend may be your wife, 
ycur sweet-heart, or an acquaintance, but whoever he or she is, you. 
may be certain of one thing: you have spoiled the evening for that 
person ; you have raised a doubt of your truthfulness in his or her 
mind. 

There should be no excuse for breaking a promise made in good 
faith and believed, unless it is utterly impossible to keep it, — and that 
very seldom happens, much more seldom than the majority of us 
would like to admit. It is better never to make a promise than to 
break one after it is made. We have twice the respect for the man 
who will say honestly, "I will not," that we have for him who de- 
clares that he will and does not do it. It is better to wound a person, 
by a flat refusal, than to raise in his mind a doubt of your honor, 
and, at the same time, hurt him by your neglect. 

I asked a man not long since, if his employer was reliable. " 0,'' 
said he, laughing, *' If reliable means ' able to lie again,' then he is 
reliable." I afterward found that the man had made a just estimate 
of his employer's character. He could lie again and again, about as 
much as any person I ever knew. 



Keep Your Word. 149 

It is wicked to lie to children, to break your promise to them, or to 
deceive them ; yet parents and instructord oF the young do all three 
without any compunctions of conscience whatever. It is a sad day 
when a child realizes that its loved fath^er or mother, or teacher can 
stoop to a lie, — a sad day when a youthful mind takes its first lesson 
in deceit. 

I recall an Incident which occurred when I was a very little girl, 
not more than four years old, I think, and which cast a permanent 
shadow on young life. My mother had a servant, by the name of 
Martha Blanford, to whom I was very much attached. Martha de- 
lighted in making a kind of a pudding which she called a '' toad " — 
a puffy mass when baked, and in this way only resembling its name- 
sake. I asked her one day why it raised so high in the centre, and 
why she called it a " toad" She informed me very gravely that she 
put a toad in the batter, and when the heat commenced to bake the 
dough, the toad began to kick, and so threw up the pudding in the 
centre. I believed every word she uttered, and I was disgusted be- 
yond measure. I considered her both cruel and dirty, and accordingly 
found her rapidly fuelling in my estimation. I told my mother about 
it ; she laughed, but did not contradict the statement. After that I 
refused to eat "toads," until one day, when Martha was not noticing 
me, I watched her make one, and learned that a real toad was not 
used in it. I called her attention to the fact. She laughed, and said 
that she had forgotten to put one in. But the pudding was just as 
puffy as the others had been, and then I knew that she had lied to me 
and that my mother had countenanced her in so doing. It was a 
bitter lesson. I realized for the first time that my mother and Martha 
were not angels, as I had supposed they were. Even this early, I 
was doomed to see my idols fall. 

A few years later, while my mother one day was picking over seed- 
beans, she came across a black one. It pleased me exceedingly, for 
it was the first black bean that I ever saw. I called it a "nigger 
bean " and asked her to give it to me. She did so with the remark : 
" You may plant it. It will raise more; next y*ar you can plant 
what you raise this, and after a few years you can have a nice lot of 
them. You shall have all the land you want, so long as you will take 
care of them." Had my mother realized what a persevering child 1 
was, she would not have made such a promise, for she had only one 
acre of land in the whole garden, and half of that was set out to 
fruit trees. Well, I planted the bean, and then watched for it to 



150 American Sheteh Booh. 

grow, feeling more liappy than I can tell, when I saw the ground crack 
open and tAvo green leaves, halves of that identical black bean, shoot 
upward into the pure air and beautiful sunshine. Then I watered it 
daily, and hoed it oftLT., unul it rewarded niy care by several clusters 
of purple blossoms, wh.ich soon changed into tiny bean-pods, fifteen 
in number. These grew and in time ripened, and werd gathered in. 
I counted them, one by one, after I had shelled them. They num- 
bered sixty-four. No miecr was ever prouder of his gold than I of 
my black beans, or treasured it more carefully than I did them. I 
put them away until gardening time came again, when I demanded 
land enough to plant iliem in. My mother looked a little blank, but 
she let me have it- Fifteen hills they made in all- I cared for them 
as carefully as I had done the one plant, and in the fall I had more 
beans than I wished to count — about three pints in all, I think. The 
next spring, I was bitterly disappointed by being refused garden room 
for them. " What !" exclaimed my mother, when I demanded the 
fulfillment of her promise, " do you think that I will have my whole 
garden planted to black beans ? " She off"ered me land enough for 
fifteen hills, but I refused it indignantly, and threw away the labor 
of two years in disgust, conscious that my mother had broken a 
promise made in good faith and implicitly believed by me. 

To compensate me for my loss in the matter of black beans, my 
mother gave me a black hen, one with glossy, green-tipped wings, 
and a graceful top-knot. " Raise some chickens instead of beans, " 
she said. "They will not take up so much room in the garflen, and 
you shall have al you can raise to do as you please with." 

I was much pleased Avith the hen, and petted it until it was very 
tame. Even this early in life, 1 liked the idea of working my own 
way in tlie Avorld, and of having my own property. The hen laid 
thirteen eggs and hatched twelve chickens. I fed and petted the 
chicks, until they knew me, and liked me better than they did their 
mother. Whenever I went near them, the whole twelve would fly to- 
Avards me and, alighting on my head and shoulderS; would chatter like 
so many magpies ; and I loved them as I would have loved so many 
little brothers and sisters, had the latter been mine. • As they grcAV 
up, I discovered that there were three roosters among the number — 
fearless chaps that would fight in spite of all that I could do or say. 
I remember how I used to take a pair of them on my lap and talk to 
them; hoAV they would Avatch for an opportunity to peck each other, 
even while I Avas telling them hoAV iiiughty it Avas for them to fight; 



Keep Your Word, 151 

and how I boxed their ears for their inattention to my advice. But 
in the fall,- when the chickens were full grown, my mother began to 
talk about selling them. Sell them! I would as soon have thought 
of selling my little brother. Why, I thought more of those chickens 
than I did of myself. She soon found that they were not for sale. 
She then suggested the idea of killing the three roosters. Worse and 
worse ! I looked at them to see if I could part with any one of them ; 
but from Limpy that had had her leg broken by a rat, to young Top- 
knot, which was the picture of her mother, they were equally dear to 
me. I declared that I could not part with one of them. My mother 
informed me that they ate more than they "Were worth, and I did not 
contradict the statement, for they demanded more food than I could 
supply, not\xithstanding I often divided my own meals with them. By 
pleading and crying, I managed to keep them until Christmas time, 
though I lived hourly in fear of losing them. Christmas Eve, I went 
to bed at the usual hour, but for some reason I could not sleep. It 
was not the vision of Christmas presents that kept me awake, but the 
fear that my pets were about to be murdered. At last, suspense be- 
came agony. I could lie there no longer. Springing from my bed, I 
rushed into the kitchen, only to retreat with a wild cry of anguish. 
My twelve beautiful chickens lay headless on the floor ready for dress- 
ing. I have suffered in later years from the unfaithfulness of friends, 
and by the loss of loved ones, but never more intensely than at that 
moment. It would be impossible to describe my feelings. It was one 
of life's first sad lessons, and young as I was, I grew weary of the 
the world's filseness and deceit, and wished to die. Had my mother 
realized how much of her child's love and respect she would lose by 
the act ; how much I would suffer, and what a bitter lesson it would 
be to me, she would not have given the latter and brought about the 
former, for the sake of saving a few bushels of corn. 

My experience when small is something of the experience of every 
trusting, loving child. 0, parents, pause ere you teach your little 
ones the first lesson in deceit, and think if it cannot be put off a 
while longer. Soon enough their feet will tread the thorns, and find 
the miry places in life's path-way. Do not push them on to the one 
and into the other. ' 

Do not deceive, or break your promises to any one. Make few 
promises, but what you do make write on the tablets of your soul?, and 
review them hourly, lest you grow forgetful of them 

There is too little sense of honor in the world — in all societies, in 



lo^ Amerioan Shetcli Booh. 

all professions, in all trades ; yes, too little value put upon one's word 
by theindividual himself; too many hasty promises ; too many promises 
made with the intention of breaking them. From the ignorant clod- 
hoppers who sell their honor for a glass of grog, up to those who sit 
and rule in high places, this failing is alike prevalent. — Bella frencii. 



JSfew Pi'otludtioq^. 



THE whole Northwest is rich in vegetable growths, which are 
suffered to go to wastie, because no use for them has been dis- 
covered. Taking it for granted that nothing is created in vain, we 
must believe that a large number of what are now called weeds, will 
be utilized in the future, and assist in contributing to the welfare of 
the human family. It would be a curious study to investigate the 
discoveries in this direction, in the past. Who first learned that flax 
could be made into a textile fabric, or that cotton could be used as a 
substitute? And pushing our inquiries as to eatables, who first 
learned to eat tomatoes, and who had the courage to swallow the first 
oyster? Within my own recollection the people of New England 
have learned to eat sword fish, pollock, and several other varieties of 
fish before discarded as worthless. 

This article is, however, written in the interest of the farmers of 
this section, whose rank weeds may conrain hidden treasures, which 
only require experiment and investigation to develope articles of use. 
In Nebraska, a weed has been recently found to be superior to hem- 
lock or oak bark for tanning. We are not Avithout hope that there is 
now growing, totally neglected, a plant that will supercede the Chi- 
nese tea, and it is only by experiment that it can be discovered. 
Then there are the milk-weeds, which may furnish us with substitutes 
for india-rubber, and the numerous and thrifty specimens of wild 
hemp, which only requires genius to place it in the market as a staple 
production. These articles are mentioned as a hint as to the probable 
direction to look for the developement of new productions, for with 
our rich and luxuriant growths, the possibilities are far beyond the 
range of present speculation. 



Gems of Ihouglit 153 

No one ■will te likely to blunder upon any disclosure of this kind. 
It must be the result of thought, of reflections and actual practical 
demonstration. Let the intelligent farmers of the Northwest turn 
their attention to this subject, and ■v\ho can tell the good that 
may result ? — J. J. J. 



G[eii)^^ of ¥l)otiglit. 



To know how to wait is the secret of success. 

Don't fool with the business end of a wasp. 

Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any oufs^ard touch as the 
sunbeam. 

The outer and inner lives of fashionable people are generally veiy 
like the parlors and back-door yards of hotels- 

Belief is like love, it comes and goes before you know that you 
have it, or have lost it. 

A storm takes the dust from the rose, lending new glory to its 
colors, so do tears purify the soui. 

It is said that a glutton digs his own grave "with his teeth. Most 
of the unhappiness of this world is born in people's stomachs. 

If every word men utter fell to the ground and grew up a blade of 
grass most speeches would be worth ten times as much as they now are. 

Better than fame is still the wish for fame, the constant trainings 
for a glorious strife. 

The master of superstition is the people, and in all superstitions 
wise men follow fools. 

Ife is more difficult, and calls for higher energies of soul, to live a 
martyr, than to die. 

Chinese women shorten their toes ; American women lengthen their 
heels. Such are different nations' ideas of beauty. 

If you want to take number one spite on a man, make his wife jeal- 
ous. She will do the business for you. 

Whatever people have false about themselves, they expect to find 
false in other people, whether it be hair, teeth or virtue. This is con- 
sidered to be a righteous judgmeuu 



154 



American Shetcli Booh 



Men and women of brains do not often go into the show business, 
either for tailors, dress-makers or jewelers. 

Women are mostly cowardly creatures. They are afraid to stay 
alone, afraid of harmless insects, afraid of the dark, afraid of their 
shadows, ahd afraid of each other ; but who ever knew a woman that 
was afraid to get married ? 



Officers Elect of Chippewa Colnty. — The directory being Th 
press before the results of the late election were made known, the 
officers elected in Nov., 1874, for Chippewa County, are here given : 
County Treasurer, H. C. McRae. County Clerk, J. P. Hurlbut. 
District Attorney, J. S. Carr. Register of Deeds, A. Hoffman. 

Clerk of Court, A. J. Lockwood. Sheriff, Frank Colburn. 
County Surveyor, Wm. Baker. Coroner, Frank Schmidmayer. 

In consequence of Ambrose Hoffman's having been elected Register 
of Deeds his Abstract of Title and Insurance Office, after January 
1st, 1875, will be the room of the Register of Deeds, in the new court 
house at Chippewa Falls. 




TWO EAU. CLAIRE MEN VISIT A SCABE-AVKT, AKD CONCLrDE THAT THE HE 
M.UST JilL SrirJTS SOMEWHERE, tOr. THEY TEEE THE "UiL.LEKCE." , 



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'^r li e: 

UmOU LTJMBEHIITG COMPAITY 

IiSAD THB VAIff ! 

And offer to the people of Chippewa Valley the largest and best stock of goods ever 
brought to the Northwest. 

DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT. 
We have on hand a beautiful assortment of Dress Goods, consisting of Black and Col- 
ored Silks, Irish, French and Japanese Poplins, French Merinos, Cashmeres, Empress 
Cloths, Sateens, Alapacas, Plaids, &c. A full and complete assortment of Shawls, Astra- 
can Cloaks, Astracan Cloaking and Velveteens. A large stock of Furs, for both ladies 
and children that will defy competition. 

NOTION DEPARTMENT. 
'Which comprises everything in the Notion line, such as Ribbons, Velvets, Laces, Lace 
Collars, Lace Handkerchiefs, Edgings, Embroideries, Buttons, Kid Gloves, Writing 
Desks, Stationery, Jewelry, Chignons, Braids, .Vc, &g. 

BOOT AND SHOE DEPARTMENT. 
We have in this department one of the largest and best selected stocks of goods that 
can be found West of Chicago, such as Kid, Stoga and French Calf Boots, Lace Buttoned 
and Congress Serge Gaiters, Kid, Morocco and Bronzed Gaiters, Slippers, Carpet Shoes, 
Overshoes for Ladies and Men, Ladies', Misses' and Children's Rubbers; Misses' Chil- 
dren's and Infant's Shoes, Boot Packs, Shoe Packs, &c. Also a full line of 

GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, 
Gold, Silver and Hair Chains Revolvers, Breech-Loading Target Rifles, Pocket Cutlery, 
Compasses, Pipes; &c., «fec, 

CLOTHING, RAT, CAP AND CARPET DEPARTMENT. 
(second floor.) 
Consistingof a full line of Fine Dress Suits, Business Suits of all grades and prices, 
a good assortment of Overcoats, Silk, Fur and Wool Hats, Caps, &c. French Broad- 
cloths, Suitings, Beavers, Trecoes, and a full line of fancy Cassimeres. Largest Stock 
of Underwear an 1 Gents' Furnishing Goods ever brought into the market. Carpets, 
Oil Cloths Blankets, Buffalo Robes, Horse Blankets, &c., «fec. 

CROCKERY DEPARTMENT 
Our stock is full and complete, consistingof China and Glass Sets, lAmps, Plates, Tea 
cups and Saucers. Fruit Dishes. Egg Cups, Goblets, Tumblers, Chamber Sets, &j. 

HARDWARE DEPARTMENT. 
This stock is full in every particular, embracing everything in Shelf and Heavy Hard- 
ware, a splendid assortment of Silver and Plated Ware, Table Cutlery, Guns, Rifles, 
Powder and Powder Flasks, Shot and Shot Belts, Hammers, Nails, Sawa, Tinware and 
Stoves. 

GROCERY DEPARTMENT. 
Embracing everything in that line, such as Coffee, Tea, Sugar Syrup, Spices, Canned 
Fruits, Butter, Cheese, Pork, Beef, Ac. 
In connection with the store we have a 

HARNESS SHOP, 
with flrst-c'ass workmen, and a full stock of Trimmings. The stock we use is all Oak 
Tan, no Hemlock Leather used. 




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